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To: Garden Rose who wrote (218368)	2/14/2007 10:30:05 AM
From: one_less	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

International organization is a good venue for getting everyone to the table. However, as we have seen time and time again, the more remote authoritative decision makin is, the less relevant it is.

To: Garden Rose who wrote (218368)	2/15/2007 11:31:26 PM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 281500

However, international law was created after WWII to avoid another world war and it has fulfilled those objectives admirably. You're talking about multilateral treaties and multinational non-governmental organizations like the UN, the Geneva Conventions, the World Trade Order and so on. International law is as old as written language, probably older. The first international laws were designed to facilitate international commerce and trade. Fast forward to the 17th century, the Age of Enlightenment, and you see theorists like Grotius and Pufendorf. But they remain theorists. It's all still voluntary unless you enter into a treaty.